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The  Forsyth  is,  by  origin,  a  Gascon  family.  The 
name  is  taken  from  the  little  town  of  Forsyth,  on  the  Dor- 
dogne  river,  twenty  miles  above  Bordeaux.  Since  the  Earl 
of  Derby  destroyed  it  in  his  invasion  of  France  in  the  four- 
teenth century,  it  was  rebuilt  under  the  name  of  Fronsac.'^ 

By  family  tradition,  it  is  asserted,  that  the  first  to  bear 
the  name  of  Forsyth,  as  feudal  si©ufs!X)r  count,  was  a  member 
of  the  princely  family  or  Navari'C ^the  same  as  that  which 
gave  kings  to  Castile-,— A lag mi,    ang  I.con,    Navarre,    and- 
France,  te- which- aloo  belonged. -tho*  celebrated  admiral  of' 
the  ftixteeath  century,  Pierre  do  Navanr.^ 

In  the  time  of  Robert  Bruce,  king  of  Scotland,  Osbert,t 
son  of  Robert  de  Forsyth,  took  militarj"  service  of  that  mon- 
arch, and  received  from  him  "for  fealty  "  a  grant  oi loo  soli- 
dates  in  terrae  tenemento  de  SalkilV  in  the  sheriffdom  of 
Stirling. 

He  was  the  ancestor  of  all  those  who  have  a  legitimate 
right  to  the  name  in  Great  Britain,  Ireland,  and  America, 
Among  his  immediate  descendants  were  John  de  Forsyth, 
crown  officer  in  1379,  and  W11.LIAM  de  Forsyth,  J  crown 
officer  in  1399. 

*  Froissarfs  Chronicles  of  the  Middle  Ages.     See  In^t-x.—Forsath. 
\  Earl  of  Haddington' s  Collections — page  71. 
X  Exchequer  Rolls  of  Scotland. 


56864 


The  various  branches  into  which  the  family  is  divided, 
are  offshoots  of  the  Foksytiis  ok  Nydik,  whose  coat  of  arms 
is  emblazoned  in  Lindsay  s  Heraldic  Mauuscript  o{  1542,  A.  I). 

Of  this  family  of  Nydie  was  Jamks  Forsyth,*  a  monk, 
lyord  of  the  Monastery  of  Dumblane  in  1560,  who  signed  a 
feudal  charter  in  favor  of  Patrick  Murray's  brother  of  Tibbi- 
muire,  for  the  monastery  of  Dumblane,  "  Domiuus  James 
Forsyth  man u  propria''  before  the  Lords  Commissioners  at 
Edinburgh,  1560. 

Another  James  Forsyth  f  of  the  family  of  Nydie,  mar- 
ried the  daughter  and  heiress  of  Douglas,  Lord  of  Dykes. 
A  son  was  : 

( First  generation ) 

I.  DAVID  FORSYTH  of  Dykes,!  Lord  Commissioner 
of  Revenue  of  Glasgow  in  1 594.     Issue : 

(Second  generation) 

1.  James  Forsyth  died  unm. 

2.  William  Forsyth,  his  successor. 

3.  Robert  Forsyth,  J^  ancestor  of  the  Forsyths  or 

Forsayths  of  Failzerton,  Ayreshire. 

II.  WILLIAM  FORSYTH  of  Dykes,  ||  (son  of  David, 
as  above)  was  Commissioner  to  Parliament  for  Forres  in 
1 62 1.     Issue: 


*Oliphants  in  Scotland. 

tThe  arms  of  Nydie  were  confirmed  to  his  posterity  through  the 
famiUes  of  Dykes,  Tailzerton,  etc.,  by  the  Heralds  College  of  Scotland. 

XAct  of  Scot.  Pari.  IV.,  p.  79,Jac.  VI.  [1594) :  "Act  in  favor  of  the 
citie  of  Glasgow  .  .  .  recites  a  commission  formerly  given  for  remeid 
of  defects  .  .  .  full  power  and  commission  ...  to  David  Forsyth 
of  Dykes    .    .    .    and  raise  and  lift  the  beer  and  malt  mercat. 

§  Arms  of  Nydie  confirmed  to  the  Forsayths  of  Failzerton  by  Sir 
Geo.  McKenzie,  King  of  Arms  for  Scociand. 
\\  Act  Scot.  Purl.  {1621.) 


5 

(Third  generation) 

1.  Wiij.iAM    Forsyth    of  Dykes,*   his  successor. 

Left  issue  : 

(Fourth  jjeneration) 

2.  John  Forsyth,  t  M.  P.  for  Cullen  (1652)  aud  one 

of  the  signers  of  the  commission  to  meet  the 
English  Parliament.  He  married  a  daughter 
of  Sir  William  Livingston  of  Kilsyth.   Issue: 

a.  James  (of  whom  here  after.) 

b.  Walter,  %  Provost   of  the  University 

of  Gla-SgOW^-?-**  •  e^*<^'p  ^-^  c<-^   p 

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*  Ret.  Scot.  Pari.  Abbrev.  Inq.  Spec.  Lanark  (/pp),  Jan.  18,  1640: 
"  Heres  William  Forsyth  dc  Dykis,  patris,  in  fo  solidates  terraritm 
antiqui  extentus  de  Gayne,  40  solidates  de  Untheos,  infra  dominium  dc 
Newburgh  et  baronium  de  Munckland.'" 

^  Act  Scot.  Part.  {1652.) 

X  Act  Scot.  Pari.  {1678.) 


FORSYTH  OF   TAILZERTON. 


( l''irst  f^eiierntioii ) 

I.JAMES  FORSYTH*  of  Tailzerton,  (son  of  John, 
and  Miss  Livingston,  Forsyth,  as  above — p.  5)  inherited  the 
lands  of  Tailzerton  and  Kilsyth  Faster  from  his  mother. — 
He  was  minister  to  the  church  at  Airth  in  1661,  and  to  that 
at  Stirling  in  1665.  He  married  a  daughter  and  heiress  of 
Bruce,  t  Laird  of  Gavell,  cadet  of  Bruce  of  Airth  through  a 
daughter  of  Sir  William  de  Airth  of  that  ilk.     Issue  a  son  : 

(Second  generation) 

I.  JAMES  FORSYTH,  t  his  successor,  of  Tailzerton, 
Member  of  the  Council  of  Stirling,  in  company  with  the 
Duke  of  Hamilton,  Earl  of  Calender,  Lords  Elphinston  and 
Livingston  of  Kilsyth,  the  Earl  of  Mar  being  the  convener 
(1685).  In  1696,  he  sat  in  Parliament,  as  "Forsyth  of 
Gavell."     Issue: 

(Third  generation) 

I.  Rebecca.^ 


*  Ad  Scot.  Pari.  {1661-5.) 

t  General  Annory  (Burke),  vide  Bruce  and  Airth.  Rev.  James 
Forsyth  was  a  famous  preacher.     Sermons  published  at  London,  1666. 

Xl^et.  Scot.  Abbrev.  Inq.  Spec.  Stirling  [277),  Sept.  i,  1676:  "Heres 
tallia  et  provisionis  Maffistri  Jacobi  Forsyth  de  Tailsertoune,  niagistri 
vobi  Dei  apud  ecclesiunt  de  Stirling  .  .  .  in  terris  de  fblinais, 
vocatis  Polinais-Tailzertoun  pro  principali,  terris  de  Kilsyth  :  Easter 
in  speciale  warrantum  earundam.'" 

\  Inq.  Spec.  Stirling  (342),  April  26,  1699 :  "  Heres  tallia  et  provi- 
sionis, Jacobi  Forsyth,  alias  Bruce  de  Garell,  patris  in  terris  de  Poli- 
nais  hunc  vocatis  Polinais-Tailzertoun  pro  principalis  et  in  speciale 
warrantum  earundam  in  terris  de  Kilsyth  :  Easter.'' 


I.  WILLIAM  FORvSYTH,*  (son  of  James  Bruce  For- 
syth, as  above)  was  horti  16H7  ;  granted  freedom  of  Glasgow 
1735;  married  lUspet,  daughter  of  Gerard  of  Walkerhill, 
County  Aberdeen.     A  son  was : 

(Fourth  Keiieration) 

I.  WILLIAM  FORvSYTH.  horn  Dec.  18,  1721  :  Grant- 
ed freedom  of  Glasgow  1746;  married  Jean,  daughter  of 
Geo.  Phynn,  f  Lord  of  the  Corse  of  Monelly.     Issue  ; 

(Fifth  generntion) 

2.  Gkorgk   F^iRSYTH,   1).  April  2,    1756;   m.  a  Miss 
Taybrook. 

2.  William,  b.  Apr.  5,  1756.     His  daughter  m.  Prof. 

Means,   D.  D.,   and  was  mother  of  Rev.   W. 
Means,  1).  D.,  of  Disblair,  County  Aberdeen. 

3.  Alexander,  t  b.  Nov.  17,  1758. 

4.  James,  b.  June  23,  1759;  Captain  of  Dragoons;  m. 
Ann.,  dau.  of  John,  9th  Baron  Colville.^^ 

5.  Thomas,  b.  March,  1761. 

6.  John,  (of  whom  hereafter.)    See  p.  9. 

.  7.  Joseph,  b.  June  24,  1764;  m.,  first.  Miss  Bell ;  .sec- 
ond, Alice,  daughter  of  Maj.  James  Robbins,  R.  A.     Issue: 

a.  William. 

b.  James  Bell,  b.  Dec.  25,  1803  ;    M.  P. 

for  Quebec.  His  son,  Burnet  Bell, 
Capt.  60th  Rifles,  was  lost  in  a 
cyclone  on  board  H.  M.  S.  "Per- 
sia," in  Bay  of  Bengal. 

*Ecclesgreig  Mss.  :  Crest  of  Tailzerton,  a  demi-griffin,  vert,  armed 
and  membered  gu.     Motto:  '' Restaiirator  Ruiniae.'" 

t  Another  daughter  of  Geo.  Phynn  was  mother  to  Right  Hon.  Ed- 
ward EUice,  M.  P. 

XEcclesgreig  Mss. 

I  Burke's  Peerage  (Colville.) 


8 

c.  Thomas,  Lieut.  32d  Foot. 

d.  Jo/i7i  Richardson. 

e.  Eurctta  Jane. 

f.  Mary  Ann. 

8.  Robert,*  b.  1766;    Ensign  6ist  Foot,  1783;  68th 

Foot,  1785;  72d  Foot,  1785;  Lieutenant  72d 
Foot,  1787;  Captain  11:2th  Foot,  1795  ;  2d  Bat- 
talion 90th  Foot,  1795  ;  60th  Foot,  1795;  Ma- 
jor 60th  Foot,  1797;  Retired  from  service  by 
sale  of  his  commission,  Mar.  6,  1802  ;  died  1824. 

9.  David,  t  b,  Sept.  2,   1767;    m.  a  Miss  Jackson  of 

Kendall,  Westmoreland,  England.     Lssue: 

a.  William,   m.  Susan,   dau.   of  Judge 

Leigh  (sister  of  Maj.  H.  Leigh. 
98th  Foot)  of  Madras  Presidency. 

b.  James,  Lieut.  R.  A. 

c.  George. 

d.  He7iry. 

e.  Emily,  m.  William  Skinner,  Barri.ster, 

nephew  of  Rght.  Rev.  William 
Skinner,  D.  D.,  Lord  Primate  of 
Scotland  and  Bishop  of  Aberdeen. 

10.  Morris,  b.  Jan.  27,  1771 ;  minister  to  the  church 

at  Mortlach ;  m.  Isabella,  daughter  of  James 
Donaldson,  of  Kinairdie. 

11.  Margaret,  b.  May  3,  1777. 


*  Record  of  Serz<ices  of  Maj.  Robert  Forsyth — 60th  Rifles.     Xo. 
7353-     ^-  ■?'/■      ^or  Office.     London,  England. 

t  Ecclesgreig  Mss. 


FORSYTH  OF  ECCLESGREIG  CASTLE, 
COUNTY  KINCARDINE,  SCOTLAND. 


(First  generation) 

I.  JOHN  FORvSYTH  (son  of  William  and  Jean  Phynn, 
sec  p.  7)  was  b.  Dec.  8,  1762;  m.  Margaret,  dan.  of  Charles 
(iranl,  third  son  of  Grant,  Laird  of  Kinworth.     Issne  : 

(Second  generation ) 
I.   Wii.MAM,  b.  Feb.  10,  1804;  sncceeded  his  nncle, 
Frederic  Grant,  to  the  estates  of  Ecclesgreig ; 
ni.  luiretta,  dau.  of  Joseph  Forsyth,  Kingston, 
Canada.      Issne : 

a.  /'ytY/cr/i' (/ran/,  h.  Sept.  2.  1836;  Cap- 

tain 3d  Hu'ssars,  A.  D.  C.  to  His 
Excellency,  the  Marquis  of  Lorn, 
Governor-General  of  Canada  ;  ni. 
Margaret,  dau.  of  Col.  William 
A.  Orr,  C.  B.,  of  Bridgetown. 

b.  Jo/in  Joseph,  b.  Oct.  23,  1840;    Cap- 

tain 46th  Foot;   m.  Annie,  dau. 
1  and  heiress  of  John  Littleton  of 

Trewin,  St.  Germain,  Cornwall, 
England. 

c.  William,   b.   May   26,  1843;  Captain 

8  2d  Foot. 

d.  (u'orgc  Javics,  b.  March  7,  1847. 

e.  Annie  Gregory,    ni.   William  Owen, 

Bridgestock,  Gettydyvyl,  Carmar- 
thenshire, W^ales. 

f.  Eiiretta  Alice. 


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2.  John  Blackwood,  b.   Nov.  21,  1805  ;    m.  Mar>', 

dau.  of  Samuel  Gerrard,  of  Montreal.  Is.sue  : 
^.  John  Gerrard,^  Major  57th  Foot; 
served  with  most  distinguished 
gallantry  in  the  Crimean  War  ; 
decorated  with  the  Grand  Cro.ss 
of  Commander  of  the  lyCgion  of 
Honor  by  Napoleon  III.,  with  the 
Sardinian  War  Medal  and  with 
the  Victoria  Medal  of  Clasps;  m. 
Elizabeth  Egberta,  dau.  of  John 
Horseley  of  the  Madras  Civil  Ser- 
vice, and  grand  daughter  of  John 
Byng,  5th  Viscount  Torrington. 

b.  Frederick  Arthur,  b.  Apr.    2,    1840; 

Captain  5th  Fusileers. 

c.  Margaret,  b.  Mar.  6,  183 1  ;   m.  Rev. 

C.  N.  Williams,  M.  A.,  Rector  of 
St.  Andrew's,  Hereford,  Englan'd. 

d.  Euretta  Vivian,  b.  Dec.  8,  1841. 

3.  jANE.m.Capt.  Geo.  Gregory,  19th  Eight  Dragoons. 


*  Morgan's  Biographies  of  Celebrated  Canadians — p.  728:  Maj. 
Forsyth  was  present  at  the  battles  of  Balaklava,  Inkernian,  Sebastapol, 
and  The  Quarries,  and  led  the  storming  party  at  the  Redan  and  at 
Kinbourn. 


FORSYTHS  OF  THE  FIRS, 

MORTIMER,  BERKSHIRE,    ENGLAND. 


I.  THOMAS  FORSYTH,  of  Liverpool;  m.  Jane,  dau. 
of  William  Hamilton,  Greenock.     Some  issue  : 

1.  William,  b.  1812  ;  Chancellor's  Medalist  of  Cam- 

bridge Universitj'  and  Fellow  of  Trinity  Col- 
lege, 1837  ;  at  Bar  of  Inner  Temple,  1839  ; 
Counsel  for  Secretary'  of  State  for  India  ;  Com- 
missioner for  Cambridge  University;  M.  P.  for 
Cambridge,  1859;  M.  P.  for  Mar>'lebone,  1874- 
1880;  author  of  (i)  "Law  of  Compensation 
with  Creditors,"  (2)  "  Hortensius,  or  the  Du- 
ties of  an  Advocate,"  (3)  "Law  relating  to  the 
Custody  of  Infants,"  (4)  "History  of  the  Trial 
byjur>',"  (5)  "Napoleon  at  St.  Helena,"  (6) 
"Life  of  Cicero,"  (7)  "Cases  and  Opinions  in 
Constitutional  Law, ' '  (8)  ' '  Novels  and  Novel- 
ists of  the  1 8th  Century,"  (9)  "Hannibal  in 
Italy,"  (10)  "Essays,  Cl"itical  and  Narrative," 
(11)  "Scla'  ..ic  Provinces  South  of  the  Dan- 
ube," etc.;  m.,  first,  Mary,  dau.  of  Geo.  Lyall, 
M.  P.  for  London ;  second,  Georgiana  Char- 
lotte, dau.  of  Thos.  Plummer,  Esq.,  and  grand 
dau.  of  Sir  Thos.  Plummer,  Master  of  the  Rolls. 

2.  Thomas  Douglas,*  b.  1827;  took  four  medals  at 

the  University  examinations;  Asst.  Commis- 
sioner in  the  Punjab,  India,  1848  ;  decorated 
Companion  of  the  Bath  for  active  service  in 
suppressing  the  mutiny  of  1857 ;  Secretary  of 
Oudh,  1858;  Civil  Judge  of  Punjab,  1859; 
Embassador  to  Yarkund,  1870  ;  Envoy,  1873  ; 
for  illustrious  service  in  India,  made  Knight 
Commander  of  the  Star  of  India,  1874;  Envoy 
to  the  king  of  Burmah,  1875. 

^/lurke's  Peerage — List  of  Orders  of  the  Bath  and  Star  of  India. 


FORSYTH  OF  GLENGORM. 
ARGYLLSHIRE,  SCOTLAND. 


I.  JAMEvS  FORSYTH  (descended  from  the  Forsyths  of 
/rt/Zs-r/'/'o;/);  was  J.  P.  and  Depnty  Lieutenant  of  the  county  ; 
m.  Maria  Magdellena,  dau.  ot  F)manuel  Mnller,  of  Clifton, 
Crloucestershire.     A  son  was  : 

I.  Jamks  Noj-:l  Mullkr  Forsyth,  b.  1844;  n^^  1H72,, 
Mary,  dau.  of  Thomas  Constable,  of  Kirkland, 
Midlothian.     James  was  Lieutenant  ji2d  Foot 
and  Magistrate  for  County  Argyle. 


FORSYTH  OF  WHITSOME, 
NEWTON,   BERKSHIRE,    ENGLAND. 


I.  REV.  JAMES  FORvSYTH,  D.  D.,  of  Aberdeen,  (de- 
scended from  Forsyth  of  Tailzerton) ;  m.  Elizabeth,  dau.  of 
Robert  Brown,  of  Whitsorae-Newton.     Lssue: 

1.  Robert  Brown  Forsyth,  b.  1834;  Asst.  Surgeon 

1 8th  Lgt.  Dragoons  ;  afterwards  Magistrate  for 
the  County  Berwick  ;  and  member  of  the  Royal 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  at  Edin- 
burgh ;  m.  Tempe,  dau.  of  Loftus  T.  L.  Clarke. 
F.  R.  S.,  and  Barri.ster  at  Law.  Calcutta. 

2.  John  S.,  b.  1841. 


FORSAYTH  OF  FAILZERTON, 
AYRSHIRE.  SCOTLAND.  f.Hii  MARDYKE,  CO.  CORK,  IRELAND. 

( /  'idf  p.  4. ) 


ROBERT  FORSYTH,  or  Forsayth.  as  many  of  his 
descendants  began  to  spell  their  name  (although  some  have 
returned  to  the  original  way),  in  addition  to  his  estate  in 
Scotland,  obtained,  for  military  .service,  a  grant  of  land  in 
Ulster,  (in  if)iS)  where  later,  .some  of  his  posterity'  .settled. 
Among  these  was^/^  l^'^'  '^*^''  '^ '  '^  cO^.^L-i,^y^ ^^   ^^' 

CAPT.  JAMES  FORSAYTH.  who  had  Thomas  and 
Matthew.  >->^^«-'?<  <  ^  ^-  ^^^^  • /^^^-^V^^^^^^v^t-^-e. 

(Second  generation) 
I.  THOMAS,  FORSAYTH*  died  in  Cork.  Ireland,  in 
1768.     Mary,   his  widow.  sur\'ived  him.  having  a  private 
estate.     Is.sue : 

(Third  generation) 
I.   ROBERT    FORSAYTH.    merchant   in    Cork  ;    m. 
Catherine,  dau.  of  Thomas  Campion,  F^sq..  and  had: 

( Fourth  generation ) 

I.  Thomas,  m.  Mary  Ann,  relative  of  Sir  J.  Grant,  of 
Kilmurray,  Fermoy.     Issue : 

a.  Robert,   b.    1807 ;    Curate  in  Bristol  ; 

m.  Fanny ;  died  1840,  leav- 
ing a  dau.,  Frances  Jane,  author 
of  poems  "Armos  Waters." 

b.  Thomas  Cifford,  b.  1808  ;   H.  M.  At- 

tache to  the  Embassy  at  Morocco  ; 
Musician  and  Poet ;  m.,  first.  Rose 
D'Arguilar ;  second.  Lucy  H.- 
dau.  of  Col.  O' Toole,  of  Wicklow. 


*  Arms  of  Failzerton  confirmed  to  this  family:     Crest;  a  griffin's 
head  between  two  wings  displayed,  vert.     Motto  :     ''  Loyal  an  Mart."' 


14 

« 

c.  Catherine. 

d.  Mary. 

e.  John  Drabazon,  Artist,  settled  at  Bini- 

bury,  Western  Australia,  in  1845. 

f.  Eliza. 

(Third  generation) 

II.  JOHN  FORSAYTH,  b.  1735;  Pensioner  at  Trinity 
College,  Dublin,  1749;  Fellow  1762,  with  degree  of  D.  D. ; 
Archdeacon  of  Cork,  1782  ;  fine  classical  scholar  ;  died  unni.. 
1781. 

(Third  generation) 

III.  MARGARET  FORSAYTH  died  unm. 

(Third  generation) 

IV.  SAMUEL  FORSAYTH,  entered  H.  M.  Customs 
Service  at  Cork,  1752;  appointed  by  the  Viceroy,  Inspector 
General  of  Customs  for  Ireland,  Dublin,  July  24,   1776;  m. 

Margaret ;  died  1801  ;  buried  at  St.  Ann's,  Dublin. 

Issue : 

(Fourth  generation.) 

t.  John,  A.  B.,  appointed  Vicar  of  lycighmoney. 
Mar.  30,  1826;  Priest  at  Cloyne,  Sept.  29,  1786; 
in  1803  was  "Thieshers  Ledurer"  in  Cork  ; 
died  Sept.  16,  1826;  buried  at  St.  Nicholas, 
Cork.     He  ni.  Ann  Courteney,  and  had : 

a.  Thomas,  educated  at  Trinity  College 

where   he  distinguished  himself 

by  classical  attainments  ;   Bai.is- 

*  ter  at   Law;    Queen's   Coun.sel ; 

Recorder  of  Cork  ;   died  1879. 

b.  Samuel. 

c.  Robert. 

d.  Charlotte. 

e.  William. 

f.  John,  Curate  of  Upper  Shandon,  Cork. 


>5 

(I'ourth  KtMiuratioii) 
2.  John,  A.  B.,  scholar  at  Trinity  College,  1780; 
Priest  at  Cloyne,  1784  ;  Rector  of  Kilfetinione, 
County  Tipperary,  1798  ;  m.  Jane,  dau.  of  Hugh 
Evans,  Esq.,  of  Cashel.  He  was  author  of  the 
"  History  of  ^ur  Lord  and  vSaviour."     Issue: 

a.  Samuel,  settled  in  Halifax,  N.  Scotia. 

b.  Robert. 

c.  Richard  Martin,  studied  medicine  in 

Dublin  and  Edinburgh  ;  degree  of 
M.  D.,  Edinburgh,  1827;  degree 
of  Surger>-,  Glasgow,  1828;  at 
Hotel  Dieu  and  other  hospitals, 
Paris;  settled  at  Templemore,  Ire- 
land ;  m.  Kate  Craven,  dau.  of 
Wm.  Chadwick,  E.sq.,  of  Ballin- 
ard,  Tipperarj' ;  his  children  were : 
'  Richard  William,  who  en- 
tered H.  M.  Military 

Service  ,  .sen'- 

ed  in  India  ;  retired 
in  1884,  as  Brigade 
Surgeon ;  m.  Harri- 
ette  Margaret,  dau. 
of  Rev.  J.  Baird,  had 
issue,  and  settled  at 
Cork. 
*  Kate  Thomas. 
'  John  C.  C,  entered  medi- 
cal profession ;  died 
of  fever  in  forest  of 
West  Africa  while 
employed  in  an  ex- 
pedition. 
"  Jane  E. ,  m.  Dr.  Robert  T. 
Huston. 


i6 

fl.  Joint,  conitnaiulcdthe  "  Indian  Qncen" 
in  the  Merchant  Marine,  and  nuule 
the  sliortest  voyage  then  known 
between  Liverp  wland  Barbadoes. 

(I'ourth  j^riieration) 
3.   CharloTTK,  ni.  Richard  Mart'    ,  Esq. 

irourth  j(eiieratioti)  ••  -  —  ■• 

„ 4.   l{i,iZABKTH.  ni.  the  Rev.  Charles  Smith. 

( Fourth  j^eneration ) 
5.   A  DAuc.HTKR,  unm. 

(. Second  j^eneration) 
II.  MATTHKW  FORSAYTH/i^  (bro.  of  Thomas,  p. 
13),  I),  in  Ireland,  1700;  came  to  Chester,  N.  H.,  1742.  He 
brought  with  him  considerable  property  and  silver  plate  with 
family  crest  thereon.  He  was  one  of  the  most  prominent 
>f<^  \}ie\iti<)n^dK\in  the  history  of  Chester;  name  very  frequent 
in  town  records  ;  filled  pulpit  of  church  of  which  he  was  a 
deacon,  during  absence  of  minister  ;  several  times  on  com- 
mittees to  petition  Colonial  Government  for  privileges  and 
improvements  for  the  town  ;  chairman  of  local  committee 
of  Public  Safety  ;  m.  in  Ireland,  Esther,  daughter  of  Robert 
Graham, t  of  County  Fennanagh,  a  descendant  of  Lang  Will 


'■''Chase's  Hist,  of  Chester — pp.  524,  109,  127,  129,  130,  140,  142,  144, 
152,  259,  456,  621,  231  ;  Toicii  Papers,  S.  //.—Vol.  XI.,  p.  3rj9  ;  Vol. 
IX.,  pp.  KX),  115;  State  /'apers,  \.  //. — Vol.  IX.,  pp.  109,  115;  (iraii- 
ite  Monthly — Vol.  VIII.  The  name  is  spelled  on  the  Chester  records. 
Forsayth,  Forsaith,  and  Forsyth.  Some  descendants  follow  the  first, 
others  the  last  way  of  spelling.  He  had  an  estate  in  Ireland  for  which 
his  descendants  lodged  papers  with  Judge  Lawrence,  one  time  V .  .S. 
Minister  to  England. 

^  I'friiiiii>oo)i  J/ss. — Rohert  (iraham's  wife  was  Janet  Hume  of  the 
family  of  Castle  Hiune  and  Hume's  Wood,  whose  estates  adjoin  those 
of  Drumgoon,  and  have  passed  into  the  family  of  Loftus,  Marquis  of 
l^ly,  with  whom  they  intermarried.  The  Grahams  bear  the  arms  of  the 
ancient  Karls  of  Menteath,  and  the  Humes,  those  of  the  Earl  of  March- 
mont,  from  whom  these  are  descended. 


17 

Graham  of  Stubble,  Cuinberlatul,  luiglatid,  who  canic  lo 
Irehiiul  in  1620,  as  ancestor  of  the  faniil>  of  (iraham  of 
Drunigooii  Manour,  County  Fernumagh.  Matthew  died  in 
1 790.     Issue : 

(Third  nt-'nt-TJilion ) 
I.    Mattiiicw,  of  whom  hereafter. 
"?■  JoiiN)  -b. -iu-Irtflan47from  whom  va  dei.oewdcd,  frui 

a>Kon  who  ^^ttltjtl  -i^t-  SeotlnntK  Jnnieii  liennutl^. 
—I^efHyth. -oHtex^nny,  Mni^H. — 
2-   David,*  b.  in  Ireland  ;    Ensign  m  Chester  Com- 
pany, ist  N.  H.  Regt..  1776;  died   of  wounds 
May  21,  1778. 
g.  Jonathan,  f    b.   in   Ireland ;     soldier  in   Chester 
Company  ;  killed,  Ticonderoga,  July  9,  1777. 
y.  Esther,  d.  unm. 

^  WiL,UAM,I  b.  in  Ireland,  1740  ;  linsign  iU|de^  the  ^. 
King  in  Royal  Provincials,  1763-7  ;  ■  nllUral^  m^"^^ 
War  of  '76  ;  a  founder  of  Derry  (N.  H. )  Public 
Library  ;  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Deering, 
Hillsborough  County,  N.  H.;  m.  Jane,  dau.  of 
James  Wilson, J^  formerly  of  Ireland,  "Surveyor 
of  the  High  Ways  of  Chester,"  whose  wife. 
Chase  claims  in  the  history  of  Chester,  Mary, 
dau.  of  John  Shirley,  belonged  to  same  family 
in  Ireland,  to  which  belonged  that  countess  of 
Huntington  who  was  patron  of  V/esley  ;  Wil- 
liam died  in  1808.     Issue  : 


*///.</.  Co'.,  .V.  //:— Vol.  VII.,  p.  83  ;  Ckasc's  Hisf.  of  Chester— -p. 
5^4  ;  Slate  J'apers  A'.  //.—Vo\.  XIV.,  pp.  554,  634. 

t  C7tase\s  Hist.  0/  Chester — pp.  377,  379. 

+  rrovineial  Papers  N.  //.—Vol.  VI..  p.  767  ;  Toxcn  Papers  \.  //. 
— Vol.  XL,  pp.  493,  497,  498;  Vol.  IX.,  p.  759;  ///,s7.  0/ //il/sboroiifr/i 
Comity,  (A'.  H.) 

'^  Chase's  His!.  Chester  (Wilson  Kainilyl — ^Jaiiies  Wilson  lived  to 
be  118  years  of  age.  Vide,  also,  vShirley  Family.  His  family  was  very 
celebrated  ;  one  of  his  sons,  Robert  Wilson,  Captain  in  the  Army,  rep- 
resented New  Hampshire  in  the  Continental  Congress  of  1776. 


a.  Matthav,  settled  in  what  is  now  Man 
Chester,  N.  H. 

1).  JdtHcs,-^  physician,  ^racUiate  of  Dart- 
month  Coll. ;  one  of  whose  sons 
Francis  Flint,  M.  D.,  of  Wey- 
nionth,  Mass.,  was  one  of  the 
fonnders  of  tlie  Weynionth  His. 
vSociety,  and  a  contrihntor  to  the 
History  of  Weyniontli. 

c.   David,  Captain  of  the  Deering  Rifles. 

(1.    T/iomas,  of  vSavannah  (.see  p.  22.) 

e.  Rolnrt. 

f.  Josia/i,  t  graduateof  Dartnionth  Coll.; 

lawyer   at   Goffstown  ;  father   of 

Hon.  William  L.,  Associate-Jns- 

•  tice  of  Bo.ston  Municipal  Court. 

g.  Ifauna/t,  m.  a  Mr.  Paige. 

K.   RoBKRT,  X  l>-  ill  Chester,  1746;  Ivieutenant  in  War 
.  of  '76  ;  m.  Mary,  dan.  of  Dea.  William  Tolford, 
of  Walnut  Hill. 
pf.  Jo.siAH,  S  h.  in  Chester;  Lieutenant  in  War  of '76: 
m.  Kitty,  dau.  of  Caleb  Richard.son  ;  -tv  t>on  of- 
^naiwi  ?>ett4cd  in  •jjfeiroit.  and  was  cUiLCiitor  h-U^ — 
G«nt  JameM  A:  For.sytJt7-4J^. -^.  A.^ 

*Chapinaii\%  Aliunni,  Darlmouth  CoU.,—^:^;  History  0/  H'n- 
iiiont/i.  A/ass. 

iC'/i(i/>iii(i>i's  .l/iiDini,  nartnioullt  Coll. — pp.  133,427;  //istorv  of 
(ioffsto7cii. 

tC/iasis'  Hist.  Chester— ■p^.  iiS,  344,  446;  hovincial  Papers  N. 
//.—Vol.  VII.,  p.  755;  Town  Papers  X.  //.—Vol.  XIII.,  pp.  196,  19S, 
751  ;  Vol.  XI.,  pp.  320,  685. 

^.C/ia-U's'  Hist.  C/iester—Y>P-  23'.  373.  3^3.  457,  630;  7 0701  Papers 
X.  //.—Vol.  XI.,  p.  315  ;  State  Papers  X.  //.—Vol.  XI.,  p.  315. 


FORSYTH  OF  FREDERICKSBURG. 
SPOTTSYLVANIA  CO.,    VIRGINIA. 

MATTIIKW  FORSAYTH,  b.  in  Ireland  (son  ot  Mat- 
thew and  Ivstlicr  Graliani  lH)rsayth),  was  a  jjliysician  in  the 

Royal  Navy  ;  ni.  Orr,  canie  to  Fretlericksl)ur^,   l)efore 

1774.      Issue: 

I.  WILLIAM  FORSYTH,!).  1753;  anions  his  descend- 
ants is  Cornelius  I).  lujrsyth,  of  Rome,  (k-or^ia  ;  vSolieitor- 
Oeneral  of  Ceorgia,  etc.  ;  formerly  Colonel  of  the  22(1  (ia. 
Inf.,  C.  vS.  A.  ;  awt-aen.  C.e..irK'.-  A,  KoPivtlh-l^r-^tr-Ar 

II.  ROHKRT  FORvSYTH,*  h.  1754;  Captain  in  Lee's 
Lgt.  Hor.se,  1776;  Major,  1777;  I^eputy  Quartermaster-Gen- 
eral of  the  vSouthern  Army,  177H;  and  A.  I).  C.  to  Gen. 
Washington  ;  Knight  of  the  Virginia  Order  of  the  Cincin- 
nati, 17H3;  appointed  U.  S.  Marshal  of  (ieorgia.  17S6;  killed 
in  performance  of  duty,  1794;  buried  with  funeral  honors  by 
the  Order  of  the  Cincinnati ;  a  monument  was  erected  to  his 
memory  at  Augusta,  Ga.  ;  Congress  voted  a  .sum  of  money 
for  the  education  of  hi.  i  children  ;  hem.  Mrs.  Ininny  (John- 
ston) Houston,  a  widou.  sister  to  Judge  Peter  Johnston,  of 
Fredericksburg,  and  aunt  of  Lieut. -Gen.  JosejJ^i  K.  Johnston, 
C.  S.  A.     I.s.sue: 

1.  RoHKRT,  died  ac/.  19. 

2.  JoHN,tb.  in  Fredericksburg,  Oct.  10,  17S0;  mem- 

ber of  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  ;  ist  Attorney- 
General  of  Georgia,  1808;  Rep.  of  U.  S.  Con- 
gress, 1813-1818;  Minister  Plenipotentiary  to 
Spain,  1819-22;  Rep.  of  U.  S.  Congress  1823- 
1827;  Governor  of  Georgia,  1828-1830;  U.  S. 


*.SV<'/>/r<v/.?'  //.-.sV.  of  Ct'oriiia—\'o\.  II.,  p.  302.  ()ld  F.nrydoptdiii 
.liiuricaini. 

^yirginia  Nisi.  Cull.  ;  lV/nlf\s  Hist,  of  Ca.  .■  \'aii  Hoist's  Hist, 
of  r.  S.  ;  Bench  and  Har  of  Ca.—XoV  II.,  etc-. 


20 

Senator,  1M30-4;  Secretary  of  State  for  United 
States  1H34-41  ;  died  in  Washington,  Oct.  22, 
1S41  ;  (fi'or^ia  erected  a  nionunient  to  his  niein 
or\  in  the  CoiiKiessional  lUiryinjj;  (ironnd  at 
Washington  ;  in.  Chira,  (hui.  of  Hon.  Josiah 
Meifj.s,  1,1,.  I).,  ist  I'rest.  of  the  University  of 
(ieorjfia,  and  son  of  Col.  Jonathan  Meigs  of  the 
War  of  '76.      Issne  : 

a.  Julia,  h.  i.Sc\^;  ni.  lion.  Alfred  Iver- 
son.  Judge  of  vSui)renie  Court  of 
Ga.,  U.  S.  vSenator,  and  Cieneral 
in  Confederate  Army, 
1).  Mary,'^'  h.  1S07  ;  ni.  Arthur  Shaafl", 
Georgetown,  I).  C. 

c.  f'lara,  h.  iSio;  in.  Capt.  Murray  Ma- 

son, U.S.  N.,  afterwards  Commo- 
dore in  Confederate  Navy,  .son  of 
Gen.  John  Mason,  of  Virginia, 
whcse  brother  was  U.  S.  Senator 
James  M.  Mason,  and  whose  sis- 
ter was  Mrs.  Sidney  .Smith  Lee.l" 
mother  of  Gen.  Kitz-Hugh  Lee 
(nephew  of  Gen.  Robert  IC.  Lee. 
Commander  in  Chief  of  the  South- 
ern Confederacy);  a  daughter  of 
Clara  Forsyth  Ma.son  m.  Capt.  S. 
B.  Davis,  C.  S.  A.,  relative  of  the 
Hon.  Jefferson  Davis,  LL.  D., 
President  of  the  Southern  Conf. 

d.  JolinX  b.  in  Augu.sta,  Georgia,  1812; 

*  A  (laughter  of  Mary  (Forsyth)  Shaaff  m.  Richard  Tighlman  Brice, 
grandson  of  (ien.  Tench  Tighhnan,  of  Maryland. 

t  [ac  Family  History. 

XStevcua'  War  hctivcen  the  States — Vol.  II.;  Pai'is's  Rise  ami  Fail 
of  the  Southern  Confederacy — Vol.  II.;  Southern  Historical  Papers ; 
Correspondence  hetivcen  the  ('.  S.  and  C.  S.  Governments.  John  For- 
syth, Jr.,  enjoyed  the  soubriquet  of  "  Prince  of  vSouthern  Journalists." 


31 

tnetn!)or  of  Society  of  the  Cinciii- 

iiali  (S.  C):  Adj.  ist  (ia.  Ri-j;t. 

[      "  ill  Mexican  War;  U.  S.  Minister 

to  Mexico,  1H56;   Mayor  of  Mo- 
bile, 1S60;   Confederate  Conunis- 
sioner  IMenipoteiitiary,  1H61  ;  tlie 
I  Chief  of  Staff  of  the  Confederate 

!  Army    of  Tetniessee,    iH6j^;    and 

author  of  the   "  I'rochunation  of 
the  South  to  the  people  of  Ken- 
tucky";   since  the  war  editor  of 
Mobile  Rciiiaicr  until  his  death  in 
[  '  1S78;    he   in.    Marj^aret,   dan.   of 

Latham  Hull,  of  Augusta,  (ia., 
and  hail : 

'Charles.  Col.    of  3d   Ala. 

Regt.  C.  S.  A. 
"John. 

e.  \'iri>iuia,  m.  George  Hargraves,  had 

Clara  F..  m.  Capt.   Chas.  Wood. 

f.  .hi Ha  /:'.,  h.   1.S23. 

g.  /\osa  M.,h.  1S23;    m.    Wm.  Aubrey, 

of  Haltimorc,  afterward  of  Carters- 
ville,  Ga.,  Commissary,  C.  S.  A. 
h.  /\\ihi'rt,*  b.  in  Augusta,  Ga.,  1826; 
Capt.  I.St  U.  S.  Voltigeurs,  Mexi- 
can War;  Colonel  of  Artillery, 
C.  S.  A.;  Commandant  of  Con- 
federate Fortifications  in  Mobile 
Bay ;  m.  Julia,  dau.  of  Latham 
Hull,  of  Augusta,  Ga.,  and  had: 

'John. 

*  Angela. 

^  Margaret. 

'*  Str  Conrsfiondi'iiiY  hi'tTVi'cn  the  ('.  S.  and  C.  S.  (•overnuicnts. 


FORSYTH  OF  FRONSAC,  SAVANNAH. 

(  /■/(/(•  ]).    IS.) 


I.  THOMAS  KORvSYTH,*  entitled  de  Kroiisac.  (son  of 
W^illiani  and  Jane  Forsyth)  b.  in    Hillsborough  Co.,  N.  H.. 
vSept.  1,  1775  ;  at   the  age  of  eleven  was  sent  to  the  Kcole 
Militaire  de  Nonnandie.  France ;  in  the  war  of  the  Kmigra- 
tion  joined,  at  the  age  of  17,  the  Brigade  of  Navarre  (1792). 
commanded    by  the  Martinis  de  Montniart ;    was  with  the 
march  through  Coblenz,  Bingen,  Treves,  Grevenmaker,  and 
Stadtbredimus  ;  in  France,  participated  in  nearly  all  the  en- 
gagements ;  was  made  Captain  of  Illyriens,  and  decorated 
with  the  Cross  of  the  Order  of  St.   Louis,   at  the  siege  of 
Thionville,  by  order  of  the  King's  brother,  the  Comte  d'Ar- 
tois  ;  was  at  the  siege  of  Verdun,  which  terminated  the  cam- 
paign of  1792;  remained    in  Europe  until   1802,  when    he 
came  to  Savannah,  Ga.  ;  was  afterwards  merchant  in  West 
India  Trade,  at  Portland,   Maine ;  m.  Sallie,  dan.  of  Capt. 
John  Pray,  f  formerly  of  the  Colonial  Navy  of  Georgia,  who 
came  from  Dublin  to  Savainiah  just  be&^rg/thQ  .War  of '76,^  v? 
and  whose  wife  was  Mary,  dau.  of  Maj;  Joshua  Hamilton;^.^^*}^/ 
son  of  Henry  Hamilton,  M.  P.  for  Co.  Donegal,  and  grand-  (f^/t 
son  of  Lieut. -Gen.  Sir  Gustavus  Hamilton,  G.  C.   B.,    ist 
Vi.scount  Boyne,  \  Privy  Counsellor  of  Great  Britain  and  Vice 
Admiral  of  Ulster.     Thomas  died  in  Portland,  Dec.  21,  1S49. 
Issue : 

L  JANE  FORvSYTH,  b.  1810;  m.  R.  P.  Ilsley.  at  one 
time  Deputy-Collector  U.  S.  Reveiuie,  Portland.     Lssue  : 
I.   Hamilton,  m.  a  Miss  Brown. 


*Hht.  of  Hillsborough  Co.,  A'.  //.  ,•  Joms'  Hist,  of  (in.  ;  (.,1.  Hist. 
Coll.;  I^iifanrc's  Notes  Snr  Lrs  /uuri>irs;  .liiuriai  //tiii'dica  ; 
IhoKiniiii^^'s  .lincricans  0/ A'oyul  Ihsctiit. 

iStt'pluiis'  Hist,  of  (.'a. — p.  152. 

Xliurke's  Peerage  (Viscount  Royiie. ) 


23 

2.   ICi.izAiUvTn,  111.  Ih)ii.  J.  Hoisc  clc  W'Ikt,  M.  IV  for 

St.  John,  New   Hrun.swick,  and   Mayor  of  St. 

John  (  iSS6.) 

II.   HAMII/rON  FORvSVTH.  h,  1S12;   Rifle  Corp.s. 

11832;  Army  of  Texas,  1S34;  Cajitain  on  StafTof  Oeii.  Mira- 

beau  H.  Lamar;  died  in  Galve.ston,  1X39-40. 

III.  SARAH  ANN  FORSYTH.*  h.  1.S15:  m..  as  2d 
wife,  Hon.  William  I*.  Preble,  LL.  I).,  A.s.sociate-Jnstice  of 
vSupreine  Court  of  Maine  ;  Founder  and  ist  Prest.  of  Grand 
Trunk  Railway  of  Canada;  U.  S.  Minister  Plenipotentiary 
to  the  Netherlands ;  cousin  to  Commodore  lulward  Preble, 
IT.  S.  N..  and  to  Rear  Admiral  Geo.  H.  Preble,  V.  S.  N..— 
all  being  de.scended  from  Maj.-(ren.  Jedediah  Preble,  of 
York,  Maine.      Issue : 

I.   JvDW.VKi),  b.  1S55;  living  at  Boston. 

IV.  KLKANOR  FORSYTH,  b.  1817;  m.  Samuel  Saw- 
yer, of  Portland. 

V.  FRFDKRIC  FORvSYTH,  i  b.  1819;  Rifle  Corps, 
1838;  California,  1849;  Ofiicer  of  vState  Vigilant  Committee; 
afterward  at  Rio  Lejo,  Nicarauga,  Central  America  ;  Captain 
of  Portland  Rifle  Corps,  i860:  commanded  battalion  detailed 
as  escort  and  body-guard  to  H.  R.  H.,  The  Prince  of  Wales, 
on  the  occasion  of  his  visit  to  Portland,  i860;  sympathized 
with  the  vSouth  during  the  War,  but  in  1863  was  .selected  to 
command  the  propo.sed  fortifications  of  the  ist  District  of 
Maine;  m.  Harriette  de  Marr,  dau.  of  Maj.-Gen.  Jo.seph 
Scott  Jewett,  J  of  Portland,  who  commanded  the  5th  Division 
of  Maine  Troops  in  1839;  and  had  been  a  commis.sioner  on 


* /r////.s'.v  lii'iuli  c^  /lar  of  .Ifainr :  Mrs.  Prelik'  was  a  fine  si-holar, 
a  poetic  and  prost-  writer  of  elo(|ueiue,  and  the  friend  of  the  Haroness 
de  vSeddler,  who  was  eousiii  to  the  I'Inipre.ss  of  Rnssia. 

^C/aytou's  //is/,  of  (^iiiiifn'rhuul  ('oiiiity.  (Maine),-  (,'oii/(/'s  A'lU- 
ordsoftltc  I'ortlaiid  /\'ijlv  Corps. 

]:(»en.  Jewett  belonjjed  to  a  celebrated  family  from  Yorkshire, 
Uradford,  W.  R.,  Ivn^^hmd — (sec  Stwimr's  <,'r»i\i/oj>ita/  /)i(/.  of  .V.  /:"., 
and  the  A'.s.scr  /iisfHulrs.)  He  m.  Mary  Parker  Marr  of  ;i  J^cottish 
family,  claiminjf  tlesceiil  from  the   Ivarls  of  Marr.     His  father,  Jitseiih 


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the  boundary  between  Maine  and  New  Hampshire;  and  had 
represented  Maine  before  1820  in  the  Massachusetts  legisla- 
ture.    Issue : 

1.  Frkdkric    Grkgory,   author  under  the  name  of 

Forsytli  de  Fronsac,  in  poetry,  political  and 
social  science,  and  musical  composition;  author 
of  (i)  "Basis  of  European  History;"  (2)  "Cati- 
line's Lesson  to  the  Republic,"  (3)  "Notes  on 
the  Science  and  Art  of  Warfare, "  ( 4  r '  History 
of  Authority,  Limitable  and  Illimitable,"  (5) 
"Ambition  of  the  Czars,"  (6)  "Seeds  of  Gov- 
ernment," (7)  "Metaphysics,"  (8)  "Notes  on 
Problems  of  Mind  and  Matter,"  etc.;  Founder 
of  the  Aryan-Order. 

2.  Thomas   Scott,  Journalist,   writer  of  eminence : 

Supt.  of  Publishing  Department  of  Boston  So- 
ciety of  Natural  Histor>',  1882-4;  Musician,  etc. 
III.  GEORGF:  FORSYTH,*  b.  1821;  Rifle  Corps,  1845; 
Lieut.  78th  U.  S.  C.  Troops,  1863;  Asst.  Quartermaster  and 
Asst.  Adjutant-General,  with  rank  as  Major  at  Camps  at 
Washington,  1865  ;  Custom-House  Official  at  Sitka,  Alaska  ; 
removed  to  San  Franci.sco,  California ;  m.  Albertina,  dau.  of 
Capt.  Albert,  and  niece  of  Hon.  Jedediah  Jewett,  Mayor  of 
Portland  (1856).     Issue: 

I.  Albertina  L.,  m.  Dr.  MacAllister,  of  Honolulu, 
Sandwich  Islands. 
VII.  CAROLINE  AUGUSTA  FORSYTH,  b.  1823  ;  m. 
James  Albert  Macnabb,  of  Greenock,  Scotland,  grandson  of 
Maj.  Robert  Macnabb,  and  cousin  to  Sir  Allan  Napier  Mac- 
nabb, at  one  time  Governor-General  of  Canada.     Ls.sue  : 
I.  James  Albert,  Jr. 


Jewett,  who  came  from  Mass.  to  Portland,  had  held  a  naval  np])oint- 
nient  from  Washington,  and  his  wife  was  Ruth  McLaughlin,  of  the 
Macl^aughlins  of  Clan  Owen,  from  near  London<lerry,  Ireland. 

*  Records    U.   S.    War  Dept.;    Records    U.    S.     Treasury  Dept.; 
liroiuninfr^s  Amer.  of  Royal  Descent.  , 


FORSYTH  OF  ALBANY  AND  TROY. 


•.  ^d^'^l  ^^^^^^  FORSYTH,  of  Chester-p.  i8.     By 
wife  Mary  Tolford,  had  :  ^ 

I.   Robert,  who  m.  Sarah  Luvkin,  their  son  was  : 

a.   /^oder/,  who  ni.  Sabrina  Ramsay,  their  son 
was: 

'James,  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent men  in  Northern  N. 
Y.,  Prest.     of   Renssalaer 
Polytechnic    Institute,    of 
the   Renss.   and  Saratoga 
Ry.,  and  of  Troy  Bridge 
Co. ;  Judge  of  Co.  Court ; 
Judge  Advocate   of  Divi- 
sion, .etc.,  Law  Author  of 
Contracts;  m.,  first,  a  dau. 
of  Hon.  Elisha  Tibbitts,  of 
N.  Y.  city ;  second,  a  Miss 
Pumpelley  of  the  family  of 
the  explorer.      He  was  a 
brother-in-law  to  Theodore 
Frelinghuysen,    of  N.  J., 
and  James   B.    Bosworth, 

y  Chief-Justice  of  New  York. 

Issue : 

Robert,  Civil  Eng'r 
and  Manager 
of  the  Union 
Steel  Co.,  of 
Chicago. 

James,  Attorney-at 
Law,  Troy. 


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I.  JOHN,  m.  a  Miss  Smith,  of  Lyme,  Ct.,  who  claimed 
descent  from  the  Princess  Pocahontas.     Issue : 

1.  Russell,  (hereafter.) 

2.  Dana. 

3.  George. 

4.  A  DAU.  m.  Mr.  Rathbone,  of  Albany,  the  father  of 

Gen.  Rathbone. 
I.  Russell  (as  above),  physician  in  Albany;  m.  Sa- 
rah Seymour  of  the  family  of  Gov.   Horatio 
Seymour.     Issue : 

a.  Douglas. 

b.  William  Wallace,   '       Cornelia  Kane 

Strong,  niece  of  Dr.  Kane,  the 
explorer,  and  descendant  of  Gov. 
Winthrop.     Issue : 

'  Emily  Howe  m.  Herman 
Bowen,  of  N.  Y., 
and  had  Emily 
Howe  and  Herman. 
*Sarah  Seymour  m.  Mat- 
thias Ellis,  of  South 
Corner,  Mass.,  their 
dau.  Zaidee  (who 
m.  Thos.  T.  Gaff, 
of  Cincinnati)  and 
Helena. 
^Russell  m.  Helena  An- 
nette, dau.  of  Benj. 
Davies  K.  Craig,  of 
N.  Y.  city,  and  had 
Beatrice. 

II.  TIMOTHY,  m ,  and  had  : 

1.  George  (hereafter.) 

2.  David. 

3.  Sanford. 

4.  Frederic. 


a; 

GEORGE  FORSYTH,   (as  above)  m.    Lucy.   dau.    of 
Abner  Howe.     He  d.  1821.     Issue: 

1.  Orlando. 

2.  Amanda  M.,  b.  1806;  m.  Darwin  Hill,  of  Clark- 

son,  N.  Y.,  and  had: 

a.  Cornelia  Frances,  b.  1832;    m.  Thos. 

Southworth,  Holly,  N.  Y. 

b.  Helen  Louise,  b.  1834;   m.   E.  Brad- 

ford Greenleaf,  Milwaukee. 

c.  Mary  Seytnour,  b.  1836  ;  m.    W.  H. 

Rogers,  Mount  Vernon,  O. 

d.  Harriet  Evelyn. 

e.  Emma  Amanda. 

3.  Russell. 

4.  Lucy,  b.  1812;  rn.  Hon.  J.  D.  Perkins. 

5.  George  Hamilton,  b.  1809;  m.  Julia  Harman. 

He  d.  1857.     Issue: 

a.  Lucy. 

b.  Amanda, 

c.  William, 

6.  Anne,  b.  1815;  m.  W.  M.  Gorham,  M.  D.,  New- 

burgh,  N.  Y. 

7.  Jane. 

It  is  likely  that  I.  JOHN  and  II.  TIMOTHY,  brothers, 
were  sons  of  an  Arthur  Forsyth  who  came  from  Ulster  to 
America  about  1750,  and  was  a  relative  of  the  first  Matthew. 


CONCLUSION. 

Some  of  the  descendants  of  the  Forsyths  of  Nydie,  whose 
pedigrees  are  not  entirely  known  to  the  author,  are : 

/.  Alexander  Forsyth,  author  of  "Culture  of  the  Pota- 
toe."     (London.)     17 A.  D. 

//.  Rev.  Alex.  Forsyth,  D.  D.,  Inventor  of  the  Percussion 
Lock  and  P\ilminate.     (Scotland.)     185 — . 

///.  Charles  Forsyth,  of  Edinburgh — 1844;  author  of 
"Laws  of  Trust." 

IV.  J.  S.  Forsyth  (London), — 1825;  author  of  "Anti- 
quary's Portfolio,"  "A  Synop.sis  of  Medical  Jurisprudence," 
etc.,  etc. 

V.  Rev.  J.  Hamilton  Forsyth — "Sermons."  London. 
1849. 

VI.  Joseph  Forsyth,  b.  in  Elgin,  1765;  author  of  "Anti- 
quities, Arts  and  Letters  in  Italy" — the  finest  work  on  the 
subject  in  English.  He  had  a  brother  Isaac,  and  the  cele- 
brated Col.  Benj.  Forsyth,  U.  S.  A.  of  18 12- 15,  was  said  to 
be  a  near  relative. 

VII.  Robt.  Forsyth,  Edinburgh — 1804;  author  of  "  Prin- 
ciples and  Practices  of  Agriculture,"  "Beauties  of  Scotland," 
"Principles  of  Moral  Science,"  etc. 

VIII.  William  Forsyth,  b.  in  Old  Meldrum,  1737;  Su- 
perintendent of  the  Royal  Gardens  of  Kensington  and  St. 
James;  Standard  Author  on  "Disease  of  Fruit  Trees," 
"Culture  and  Management  of  Fruit  Trees,"  etc.  His  son 
was  : 

IX.  William  Forsyth,  Jr.,  Superintendent  of  the  Royal 
Chelsea  Gardens ;  author  of  "A  Botanical  Nomenclature," 
etc.,  etc. 


(ll'ooilstiiil;  llii,tlil.\ 

THE   LEGEND  OF  THE  CROOKED  SWORD. 


Aniotijf  tlic  ninny  cnriouH  tliiiiK^,  bnnifjlit  to  America  by  fnniilifs  from  I-Inropf. 
was  n  curved  Moorish  sword,  orcimctcr,  liclon^inRto  Robert  I''orsaythof  I'ailzcrton, 
an  officer  of  Kiiij;  Jan\cs,  who  in  addition  In  his  Scottish  estate,  obtained  in  1618,  a 
jfrant  of  land  in  IMster,  Ireland,  where  some  of  liis  family  afterwards  settled. 

It  had  an  inscrij-tion  on  one  side  of  the  blade  which  read,  that,  he  who  possess 
ed  it  should  be  fortunate  in  love  and  war  ;  on  the  other  side,  the  inscription  rea<l, 
that,  he  who  lost  it  shoidd  experience  calamities  and  the  power  of  his  posterity 
should  l)e  shaken. 

The  sword  was  worn  first  in  America  by  l^usiRii  William  l''<irsyth.  of  the  Royid 
I'rovincials,  in  the  Indian  wars  in  the  vicinity  of  Chester,  New  Hampyhire,  in  1765. 
whose  father,  a  native  of  Ireland,  was  a  descendant  of  Col.  Robert,  the  ori^iual  pos- 
sessor. 

Kn.sign  William  I'orsyth  was  captured  by  the  Indians  about  176.S.  and  carried  to 
Canada,  and  was  ransomed  by  M.  de  Montniarte,  a  Kreuch  officer,  whose  secretary 
he  became.  He  was  with  dc  Montmarte  for  two  or  three  years,  and  when  the  latter 
returned  to  l'"rance,  he  K-'ive  William  his  liberty  and  money  with  which  to  reach  his 
friends. 

The  sword,  which  had  been  tost  in  his  struRgle  with  the  Indians,  was  discovered, 
after  his  capture,  and  sent  to  his  eldest  brother.  Dr.  Matthew  Forsyth,  then  a  phy 
sicinn  in  the  Royal  Navy. 

A  son  of  this  Dr.  Matthew,  named  Robert,  came  to  I'Yederick.sburjf,  Va..  about 
1772,  and  among  his  effects  was  this  sword,  which  he  wore  as  Captain,  and  after- 
wards as  Major,  in  I.ee's  Light  Horse  during  the  Revolution.  In  177S,  Robert  I-'or- 
syth  was  Deputy  yuarter-Master-Ceneral  of  the  Southern  Army,  and  a  letter  of  that 
date  written  bj'  him  from  I-'rederick.sburg,  is  in  possession  of  Miss  Anna  Korsyth,  of 
Ivy,  Albeutarle  county,  confirnjing,  or  annoiniciug  theappointmentof  Col.  Kphraini 
Blaine,  an  ancestor  of  Hon.  James  (1.  Hlaine,  to  the  position  of  Deputy  (juarter- 
Master-Ceneral  of  the  Northern  Army. 

Robert  Forsyth  was  appointed  by  Washington  1st  I'.  S.  Marshal  of  deorgia. 
The  sword  passed  from  him  to  his  son  John,  together  with  his  badge  of  the  Society 
of  the  Cincinnati.  John  Forsyth  was  Governor  of  and  Senator  from  Georgia  and 
Secretary  of  the  United  States  from  1H34  to  1S41. 

And  thus  the  fortune  of  the  possessors  of  the  sword  increased  until  the  burning 
of  Columbus,  Ga.,  by  the  Federals  in  the  late  war  when  the  sword  was  destroyed 
with  other  effects  of  the  late  Governor  Forsyth.  Since  then,  the  fortune  of  that 
branch  of  the  family  has  changed. 

An  old  fashioned  musket,  which  belonged  to  Knsign  William  Forsyth,  is  in  pos- 
session of  one  of  his  descendants,  in  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Owing  to  Ku.sign  William  Forsyth's  connection  with  M.  de  Montmarte,  he  was 
enabled  to  educate  one  of  his  sons  in  France.  This  son,  Thomas  F'orsytii,  was  edu- 
cated there  since  his  tenth  year.  He  served  gallantly,  at  the  age  of  17,  in  the  Mar- 
quis de  Montmarte's  battalion  of  Navarre  in  the  war  of  the  allies  and  French 
Princes  in  1792  against  tlie  ist  F'rench  republic,  and  is  described  in  Amcriia  Hctald- 
irti,  as  being  decorateik»^tb.tJ;e,Or(ler  ff  Jiyightl^d  of  St.  I.ouis,  at  the  siege  of 
Thionville,  in  1792.        I..' I  J,,"  J      J."  ',   J    •?•*,*  ',  •    1  J" 

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